Example sentences of "[noun prp] still [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen still clung to my arm . |
| 2 | Edward still watched from the doorway . |
| 3 | She smiled across to where Edward still frolicked on the sand . |
| 4 | After her reception in the village store , she was not keen to go back with further questions to establish that Veronica still lived in the Red House . |
| 5 | Just possibly , Justine still lived in Geneva ; but in Chapuis she was now one with Shelley 's dead , marching underground … |
| 6 | In 1982 the enfeebled Leonid Brezhnev still clung to power in the Kremlin , detente was dead , the end of the cold war nowhere in sight . |
| 7 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 8 | Melody still came to the farm to help out with dairy work , but these days , much to Seb 's relief , she seemed content just to be near him , making no embarrassing demands . |
| 9 | Mick still seemed to be looking for an excuse to return home , so I chose not to make an issue of the blunder . |
| 10 | It is impossible to say precisely how much of England still lay in open field in 1700 or thereabouts , but one can make a rough estimate . |
| 11 | Sarah twisted away from the physician 's grasp and darted back inside the foundry to where Bill Yardley still sat on the trough . |
| 12 | But North still went in fear of ingratitude . |
| 13 | As the path wound behind a clump of sparse trees man and beast disappeared but Mr Dakin still gazed after them , listening to the clip-clop of the hooves on the hard ground . |
| 14 | Mandeville still sulked in the hall whilst the old beldames in Southgate 's chamber cackled with laughter and asked if I wanted them to wash me ? |
| 15 | It was a nuisance that the Telegraph was so vague about her address — she was n't even sure whether Herefordshire still existed as a county — but perhaps Bridget would have more exact details for her next day . |
| 16 | He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water . |
| 17 | Finishing as low as thirteenth , a pro could still win £1,000 , whilst at the 11th the Bentley Mulsanne still waited for an ace . |
| 18 | The SUPPLYKITS interim dividend had been seven per cent — an excellent figure — but in spite of this satisfying result , Miranda still fretted about her neglect of KITS . |
| 19 | Morning came , but Oliver still lay in the field as if dead . |
| 20 | Although many people suspected them to be lovers , Adam still insisted on secrecy . |
| 21 | Nothing like this had ever happened while Cedric still lived with Dorothy ! |
| 22 | But Robin still hungered for a night on the traps : so we found ourselves at the Harold Park Hotel , the crowds milling into the street , silhouetted against the lights of the adjacent Greyhound track . |
| 23 | He later became known as Magnus the Pious because of his unflinching devotion to the cult of Sigmar and to the ideals of nationhood which Sigmar still signified in the divided Empire . |
| 24 | In spite of the fact that he had let her down badly and most devastating of all , even though he now had a new love — Beth still pined for him . |
| 25 | Western Belorussia still lay under Polish control , with its heavier concentrations of textile-workers . |
| 26 | But Mesopotamia and Egypt still lived in a world which had been built in the second millennium upon the power of monarchy — the divinely protected monarchy of Mesopotamia and the divine monarchy of Egypt . |
| 27 | Now , Eleanor Thorne was eighty-nine years old , and her conversation was erratic , but Dorothea still sat with her , and for the odd fifteen or twenty minutes , and sometimes as long as an hour , they would talk , as they had always done and the present world swung temporarily into focus for the old lady , and she held on to it , like a crystal ball , firmly in her hand . |
| 28 | On the following day Jack still seemed to be sleep-walking his way around the course and I was not surprised when he visited the water a couple of times and eventually handed in a score of two over par . |
| 29 | From the sepoy lines they could see that the Residency had been abandoned , but a tattered Union Jack still flew over the banqueting hall . |
| 30 | Bull O'Malley closed the door and walked back into the kitchen where Peg still sat on the chair , holding the basket on her lap . |